Reel



Feb. 7, 1922;. 1,658,304

J. RUEGG REEL Filed Dec. 20. 1926 6;; treated. I

. I Fig; 1 shews amedian radialfsectionofi the reel, adjusted to its minimum diameter..

Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

UNITED, 'srA TEs.

OFFICEL.

JEAN mines, or rnmeacn, nmnzumcn, swr rznnmrm.

- Application filed December 20, 1926, serialnb. 156,030, and in Switzerland J'u1y20, 1926.

My invention relates to reels andxhas for 1 its objectto provide reels having hanksup-v porting members of great elasticity inorder to permitfhanks of eithermiaterial to be The drawing rying members ofv which are the diameter of" the reel can be modified. within far greater limits thftl'lfls .the'case with known reels.-

Fig. 2is-a planof thereel certain portions having been omitted and othersv shown in 1 section of a portion of the reel,.adjusted-to approximately its greatest diameter; In

- clearer, only. one of larly constructed hank-carryingmembers of the reel isshewn completely, in Figs. 1r

order to simplify the *drawingand make it each ofthe eight similand 2.' I

The reel illustratedhas two pairs-of spoke wheels a, b. The wheels at are secured to-.

1. gether' by means of screw bolts 0 andnnts d and are adapted to rotate on the. shaft 6.

The wheels I) are attached to a wooden hub 7 which turns withthe shaft .e. Thetwo 1 wheels at can be rigidly clamped to the hub f by meansof a wing nut g,rso as to turn along with the inner wheels I). 1

- Each of the hank carriers hHh h consists of two wires i, the inner. end of which is inserted onthe inner .face oi the one of the twowheels b, and issecured :by a nut is -1011 the outer face of same, ,thoughadapted ites'wing in. the wheel. Beyond the rim of the wheels, these wires 71 are bent round in,

the. shape of a bow'over the rim of thead jacent wheel a. The outer end ofeach 'wire carries a spiral spring Z, to which is attached a thlnner wlre m connecting the two springs:

Zbelonging to 1 the same hank carrier and -formingthe yarn support 11.. This latter bent backwards in'relation to the direction I {of rotation of the reel (see arrow Fig. 1) wand outof alignmentwith the plane of the rest of the hankcarrier as fixed by the position of the two wires z; Consequently, it

tends to give way in an inward direction, as

indicated by the broken line in Fig. 1 un-' .der the pull of the hank, but has no tend illustrates an embodiment of. i thesubject of the invention, the hank-ear so formedrthat.,-

the -purpose of guidance, a ring 0, loosely surrounding thebolt and the wire so as to .allow free relative movement, is provided at each ointof support. The wires 'z' are torme insuch a waythat, in order to reency to tilt in the other direction so as to ncrease the distance between the support n and the axis of the reel. The inward and rearward deflection of the support m, .1;

could evidently be carried. much further than indicated by the broken line in Fig. 1.

-Each of the bolts 0 ,0 serves to support andgguide a pairof wires Moreove'ra for duce the diameter of the reel to its smallest dimensions,they can be shifted in the inward direction until they touch the wooden guides, and'said carrier can assume an a proximately radial positiornwith practical y its whole length projecting beyond the rim of the wheels, (Fig. 3).

The form of yarn carrier allowing this wide range is shewn for the carrier k in Fig. 2.. In Fig. ;1 'thislatter is assumed to lie in. ahorizontal' position. In this position, corresponding tothe smallest diameter of the reel,'itis crossed by the six othericarriers which do not lieparallel with it (as is the case with h but, extend from the upper half; of the reel. to the lower and vice versa. The two wires belonging to said carrier are furthest apart at the part 1 situated nearest their point of attachment is to the wheel b; and it is between this widest distance that the narrowest part ofthe carrierh passes. The wires a are bent closer.

together at 2,.to form a narrower part 3 of the carrier. Here the narrowest parts of the carriers h and it also pass between the wires of 12.1. At approximately the vertical axial planeof the reel, the wiresz' are again bent inwardat i and, from thispoint to the point ,at which they are bent out to, a bow, they form the narrowest part 5 of the, carrier 72..

The widest parts of the carries h 72 43,116. it

pass outside thispart 5. If, therefore,'the

pair of wheels at be turned, in the direction of the arrow, outof the position shewn in -Fig.. 1, while the pair I; remain stationary,

75 .pivotal point of the hank carrierv h which it double its original diameter.

the carriers h it, it which lie with their narrowest parts in the wider parts 1 and 3 of the carrier it, will swing leftward and outward along said wider parts, being carried round by the bolts cwith which they are loosely connected by means of thearings 0whereas their pivotal axis at remains stationary with the inner wheels I). The: carriers h k 7L are swung towards the right, their midway parts 1 and 3 sliding outside the narrowest part 5 of the carrier A The same applies to all the other carriers. In the case of each of them the narrowest parts a of three other carriers slide inside their wider parts 1 and 3, on one side of the axial plane, whilst on the other side of,

said plane the wider parts of three other carriers slide outside the narrowest part and in the outward direction. several carriers pass by each other without restriction and are able, as shown in Fig. 3 to assume an approximately radial position, in which, with the dimensions shown, the ef fective diameter of the reel is more than This. arrangement enables all the different sizes of. hanks met with to be wound on one and the same reel, instead of having to use 3' or t reels as theretotore. The number of' hank carriers may, of course, be varied as desired. The wires 2' may be replaced by strips of metal, and the manner of mounting and guiding the carriers may difiier from that represented.

What I claim is:

1. A reel comprising a number of hank carriers each composed of two bows of wire, the shanks of one of these bows being arranged in straight line with that of the other bow, a spiral spring connecting the corresponding shanks of such bows with one another, a'yarn supportingzpart on the outer bow bent backward int-he peripheral direction.

2. In a reel, two pairs of disks having the same axis of rotation, one pair being rotatable in relation to the other pair, bow-shaped hank carriers comprising each a pair of wires disposed in a plane parallel to the common axis of the disks. these wires having one end pivoted to one of said pairs of disks whilst near their other end they are slidably guided on the other pair of disks.

3. A reel comprising a shaft, a pair of outer wheels and a pair of inner wheels mounted on this shaft one of these pairs of wheels being rigidly connected to said shaft,

whilst the other pair of wheels is rotatable thereon, bow-shaped hank carriers pivoted on one pair of wheels and slidably guided onthe other pair of wheels at such a distance from the pivot that the carrier nearly touches the hub of the wheels, the said hank carriers being arranged between the wheels of the inner pair, and the distance between In this manner, the

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the stems of the bows diminishes in steps from the pivot to the guiding point, within this section the wider part of each hank carrier being crossed interiorly by the narrower parts of preceding carriers, and its narrower partis. crossed. .exteriorly by the wider parts of following carriers, in such a way that, when one of the pairs of wheels is rotated in relation to the other pair, in

eitherdirection, in various hank carriers can slide freely past one another and become uncrossed.

4'. A reel comprising a shaft, a hub fixed onthis shaft, two parallel disks fixed on this hub at a suitable distance one from another two other disks loosely mounted on said shaft on the outside of the two other disks, means for locking these outer disks in said hub at any desired position of the outer disks relatively to the inner disks, screw bolts rigidly connecting the outer disks one with another at a diameter greater than that of the inner disks; wires arranged in pairs between the two inner disks to form hank carriers, each ofthese wires being pivoted mined points in the direction one towards another in such a manner that the intersectin-g preceding carriers cross said pai r between the wires thereof whilst the following hank carriers are crossing said pair on its outside, means being provided on said screw bolts for loosely guiding said wires.

5'. A reel comprising two pairs of disks, an outer and an inner one, mounted on the same shaft and rotatable one pair relatively to the other pair, hank carriers each comprising two wires pivoted with one end to one of the disks of the inner pair, screwbolts rigidly connecting the disks of the outer pair, two guide rings mounted on each of these screw bolts so as to loosely surround this bolt and one of said wires to allow freemovement of this wire in relation to the screw bolt during rotation of one of said pairs of disks relatively to the other.

6. A reel com-prising strap-shaped hanksupporting members each composed of an outer and an inner part, springs interposed between these parts, the outer extremity of these springs being adapted to be bent latorally in any direction relatively to the inner extremity of the spring so as to permit the outer or yarn-supporting part of said members to spring relatively to the inner part in peripheral direction.

7. A reel comprising hank-supporting members each composed of an outer and an inner part,'a spring connection between said inner and outer parts, the outer extremity of this spring gonnection being adapted'to be bent laterally in any direction relatively to 5 the inner extremity thereof, said outer part of the hank-supporting member being directed backward relatively to the axis ofthe spring connection and to the direction of rotation of the reel so as to ensure it to springebackward under the pull of the hank. 10

In testimony whereof I have" afiixed my signature.

JEAN RUEGG. 

